Daily reminder



DAILY REMINDER Filed July l, 1939 jP-zzfe/)ezfon Patented Mar. `1:2, 1940 UNrr sr'rs rrENT orrice 2,192,277 DAILY REMINDER Sidney Dee Gordon, Des Moines, Iowa Application July 1, 1939, Serial No. 282,408

5 Claims. (Cl. 40-117) This invention relates to the daily reminders to beused in connection with the transaction of certain kinds of business. The object of my invention is to provide a reminder of simple, durable and inexpensive construction and provided with an endless apron which is so mounted that it may be advanced step by step and carry with it data sheets and means for operating the apron whereby the operator may each day advance the apron one step and remove from the apron all ofthe data that has been moved to a predetermined positionv on the given day, and to provide in connection` with` the removable apron convenient means whereby the operator may easily and quickly determine the proper positionv of the apron to place `the data so that it will come to the operators attention on a desired date.

More specifically, it is the object of my invention to provide in a reminder of the type above described, an endless apron having horizontal and vertical rows of pockets for receiving data cards, the vertical rows being preferably adapted to be indexed and preferably designated by letters of the alphabet so that the data card may be placed on the apron in alphabetical order so that the operator may easily and `quickly locate the card after it has been placed, any given horizontal rows of pockets being adapted to receive data cards to take care of one days business, and to provide in connection therewith calendar data for the horizontal row whereby the operator may easily and accurately piace the data card in the proper pocket.

A further object of my invention is to provide an endless apron having pockets arranged in horizontal and vertical rows for receiving data cards, and a horizontal scale at the top end of the apron arranged with index characters, and in addition thereto a calendar tapehaving al1 of the dates representing a years time, arranged in successive manner and so mounted that the calendar strip and the apron will move in unison as one end of the strip is wound up and the other end unwound, while the apron will move in an endless manner, the calendar strip being detachaloly mounted so that it may be renewedeach year, while the apron may be used continuously from year to year.

A further object of my invention is to provide in connection with a reminder employing an endless apron having pockets for receiving data cards and a calendar strip adapted to move in unison therewith, a xed calendar table having data inscribed thereon to indicate the number of days in advance of a given date, whereby the operator, if he wishes to place a data `card in a pocket to be called to his attention one week from the day, will simply refer to the said pocket calendar and to the position marked one week` and place'the data card in thehorizontal row of pockets corresponding to said position, with means for advancing the apron one days period at a time so that when the apron has been advanced seven spaces the card will then be in position to be removed by the operator and called to his attention.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination or" the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth,

pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved reminder; i

Figure 2 is a back elevation of the same;

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is anenlarged detail view taken on the line 4 4 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 5 5 of Figure 2;

Figure 6 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken on the line 6 5 of Figure 1.

My improved device comprises a vframe having' end members Mi, a top member Il, a bottom the member I2 and a front portion i3, the said front Il is provided with horizontal strips of material I8, said strips having their lower edges s'ewed to the apronl'l by stitches i9, one strip I3 being mounted to overlap a second strip i9 which also has its lower edge stitched to the member Il in the manner clearly illustrated in Figure 6. The overlapping strips are then `stitched with vertical rows of stitches 20 to form verticaland horizontal rows of pockets 2 I` for receiving data cards 22. l i

At the top edge of the opening i4 I have provided index characters 23, such as the letters of the alphabet, one letter for each vertical row of pockets, whereby the cards 22 may be placed in horizontal rows of pockets in alphabetical order. 'Ihe apron 'l is somewhat narrower than the opening I4 so that a space 2d is provided at one end of the apron l1.

Mounted in the members I I have provided shafts 25 back of the apron I1, each of said shafts having a short rubber roller 26 adapted to frictionally engage one end of a corresponding roller I6.

Near each end of the casing, and in the members l0, I have provided shafts 21, each of which is provided with a spool 28 in vertical alinement with the rollers 26, said spools each being adapted to detachably support one end of a calendar tape 29, said tape being wound around the outer surface of the rollers 26 and between said rollers 26 and the roller i6 and over the outer surface of said roller I6 and in alinementwith and in the common plane with the outer run of the apron l1, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. The opposite end of each of the shafts 2'! is provided with a friction drum 3i! adapted to operate in a friction shoe 3l carried by a shaft 32 slidably mounted in a spring housing 33, said housing being carried by the iront plate i3. A spring 34 is mounted in the housing 33 for yieldably retaining the shoe 3i against the drum 30, thus providing means for irictionally retaining the drums against rotation to unwind the calendar strip 29. One end of each of the shafts 21 is provided with a knob 35 by means of which the said shaft may be rotated.

The outer surface of the calendar strip has printed thereon successively all of the dates of a years time, the spacing between said dates being the same as the horizontal spacing between the pockets. By this arrangement, ii the operator `grasps one of the knobs 35 and rotates the shaft 2, the corresponding spool 28 will be rotated and cause the calendar strip 2%! to be moved upwardly, and with it the apron H, inasmuch as the rotation of the spool 28 causes tension to be applied to one end of the apron, which in` turn will frictionally engage the corresponding rollers I6 and 26, which in turn will impart movement to the said apron I1. If it is desired to move the apron upwardly, then the top knob 35 is grasped and rotated, while if it is desired to rotate the apron downwardly, the lower knob 35 may be grasped and rotated in the opposite direction. However, in actual practice the entire strip 29 is ywound on the lower spool 28, which is then threaded upwardly between both sets of rollers vi6 and 26, and secured to the upper spool 28. The to-p calendar date opposite the first row of pockets adjacent to the index 23 would then bear the inscription of January ls't. The top knob would then be operated to advance the apron a distance equal to the space between two horizontal pockets 2| and bring it in position with the date, January 2nd.

Mounted on the plate i3 adjacent to the outer edge of the tape 29 I have provided a vertical and fixed calendar 36 divided into horizontal divisions of spaces equal to the horizontal spacing of the pockets 2l and in alinement with said pockets and the dates on the strip 29, the top one of these spaces being inscribed Today, the second one from the top One day, the third Two days, etc., the seventh space being indicated as One week, the fourteenth Two weeks, etc., as clearly illustrated in Figure l, thus providing means whereby if the operator has certain data and information needing attention eleven days' from today, then he places the data card 31 in the horizontal row of pockets opposite the inscription Eleven days in the calendar 36,

and if this information pertains to a man by the name of Brown, the card is inserted in the vertical row of pockets beneath the character B vof the index 23. After the apron IT has been operated eleven times by the top knob 35, the said card 31 will then be in the top row of horizontal pockets, and the operator will then remove said card and obtain therefrom the desired information to be called to his attention on that particular day.

Any suitable means may be provided for attaching the detachable strip 2d to the spools Z8, either irictionally or by any permanent means, thus providing means whereby the apron will make one revolution in about every two months, while a years time would be required to Wind the tape 29 from the lower roller to the upper roller, after which the said tape may be removed and a new tape placed in position for another year.

A division board 38 may be mounted to and between the members I ll and back of the outer run of the apron I1 to provide a backing for said apron as the data cards are removed or placed in position.

I claim as my invention:

1. A daily reminder, comprising a frame, an endless apron having its outer surface provided with vertical and horizontal rows of pockets, a calendar strip having data inscriptions arranged successively thereon and adjacent to one edge of said apron, the distances between said inscriptions being equal to the distance between said horizontal rows of pockets', means for advancing said apron and calendar strip progressively and simultaneously, and a xed calendar adjacent to one edge of said calendar strip inscribed to read in the number of days from a pre-determined day to date, the last said date inscriptions being supported in horizontal alinement with the dates of said calendar strip and the pockets of said apron.

2i A daily reminder, comprising a frame, an endless apron having its outer surface provided with vertical and horizontal rows of pockets, a calendar strip having data inscriptions arranged successively thereon and adjacent to one edge of said apron, the distances between said inscriptions being equal to the distance between said horizontal rows of pockets, means for advancing said apron and calendar strip progressively and simultaneously, a fixed calendar adjacent to one edge of said calendar strip inscribed to read in the number of days from a pre-determined day to date, the last said date inscriptions being supported in horizontal alinement with the dates of said calendar strip and the pockets of said apron, and a xed index scale for the vertical rows of said apron.

3. A daily reminder, comprising a frame, an endless apron having its outer surface provided with vertical and horizontal rows oi pockets, a calendar strip having date inscriptions arranged successively thereon, said strip being supported adjacent to one edge of said apron, the distances between said inscriptions being equal to the distances between said horizontal rows oi pockets, means for advancing said apron and said calendar strip progressively and simultaneously, said means including means for Winding one end of said calendar strip and unwinding the other end,

said calendar strip being detachably mounted` wherein it may be renewed and a xed index scale for said pockets of said apron.

from year to year, the vertical rows of 4. A daily reminder, comprising a frame, an endless apron having its outer surface provided with a plurality of pockets arranged in vertical and horizontal rows, rollers supporting said apron, a calendar strip adjacent to one edge of said apron, a spool detachably attached to each end of said strip, means for rotating said spools, means for frictonally retaining the spools against rotation, means for causing said strip and endless apron to be rotated in unison, and a fixed index scale for the vertical rows of pockets of said apron.

5. A daily reminder, comprising a frame, an endlessapron having its outer surface provided with `a plurality of pockets arranged in vertical and horizontal rows, rollers supporting said apron, a calendar strip adjacent to one edge of said apron, a spool detachably attached to each end of said strip, means for rotating said spools, means for frictionally retaining the spools against rotation, means for causing said strip and endless apron to be rotated in unison, a fixed indexscale for the vertical rows of pockets of said apron, and a fixed calendar scale adjacent to one edge of said calendar strip inscribed to read in the number of days from a pre-determined day in the future to date, said inscriptions being supported in horizontal alinement with the dates of said calendar strip and the pockets of said apron.

SIDNEY DEE GORDON. 

